Create a Quiz in D2L Brightspace

Overview

You can create an exam that contains the questions with a key. When students take an attempt at the quiz, it is automatically scored against the key you provide. Written response questions are not automatically scored, so those questions must be manually graded. 

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Create a new quiz

  1. Navigate to the Quizzes tool.
  2. Select the New Quiz button.
  3. Enter a Title for the quiz.
  4. Set the quiz due date. Under Availability Dates & Conditions, set the quiz start date and/or end date.
    • Optional: Under Availability Dates & Conditions, select Manage Special Access to set up special access for one or more students. Select Add Users to Special Access. Adjust the settings for the quiz, select the students to allow special access to the quiz, and select Save. Select Save and Close on the special access screen.
  5. To associate the quiz with the grade book, select Add to Grade Book to create a new one (or select a Edit or Link to Existing to add an existing one).
  6. Then, do any of the following:
    • To create a new quiz question, select Create New and select the question type. (Learn more about creating questions for Quizzes.)
    • To create a new section (or folder) to organize questions, select Create New > Section.
    • To create a question pool, select Create New > Question Pool.
    • To import questions from a zip or csv formatted file, select Add Existing > Upload a File. Select Browse Files, upload the zip or csv file, and then select Import All.
  7. Under Timing & Display, do any of the following: 
    • Select Set time limit, enter Time Limit, and select what should happen if the time limit is exceeded using Timer Settings.
    • Select a Paging option. 
    • Select Shuffle questions and sections within the quiz to shuffle the order for each student. 
    • Choose a Display option. 
  8. Under Attempts & Completion, do any of the following:
    • Keep the 1 attempt allowed to allow students only one attempt at the quiz, or select Manage Attempts to set how many attempts they are allowed, the overall grade calculation, and the optional retake incorrect questions only on new attempts.
    • Select a Category to place the quiz.
      Note: You can create a new category later from main Manage Quizzes page (that is, Edit Categories > Add Category button). 
    • Enter your campus email address in the Notification Email field to receive an email every time a student completes an attempt at the quiz. 
  9. Under Evaluation & Feedback, do any of the following:
    • Keep the Auto-publish check box selected to allow students to see their scores and feedback immediately after they submit the quiz, or clear the Auto-publish check box to first assess written response questions and then release scores and feedback to students with a manual process.
    • Select the Synchronize to grade book on publish to automatically push the quiz scores to the grade book.
    • Select the quiz results you'd like students to view after submitting their attempt from the 'When published, display to learners' section. (Advanced options are available using the 'Customized Quiz Results Displays' link.)
  10. When ready to display the quiz in the list, toggle Hidden to set it to Visible to students.
  11. Select Save and Close.

Difference between a quiz start date, due date, and an end date

  • Start Date – A student cannot enter the quiz before the quiz start date.
  • End Date – A student can enter the quiz any time before the quiz end date. A student can continue their quiz attempt after the quiz end date as long as they have time left in their attempt. 
  • Due Date – A student can enter the quiz any time before the quiz due date. An attempt is flagged as late (to both the instructor and the student) when the student has not submitted it before the due date. 
    Two attempts with the second attempt listed with the tagging: "Submitted late: 1 hour past the due date"

Create or view a quiz report

Learn more about create a report for a quiz, including setting the report for your role and generating a report (such as to Excel). 

Delete a quiz

Did you create a quiz or copy in a quiz, but you do not need it for your current course? You can delete it from the Quizzes tool. 

  1. Navigate to the Quizzes tool. 
  2. For the quiz you want to delete, select Delete from the quiz menu. 
    The Delete option from the quiz menu on the Manage Quizzes page
  3. Select Delete in the confirmation window. 
  4. The quiz (and any student attempts at the quiz) are deleted. 

Restore a quiz

Accidentally delete a quiz? You can restore it from the Quizzes tool!

  1. Navigate to the Quizzes tool. 
  2. Select More Actions > Restore.
    The Restore option from the More Actions menu in the Quizzes tool.
  3. Select Restore for the quiz you want to restore.
    The Restore option for a quiz after navigating to the Restore Quizzes page in the Quizzes tool.
  4. The quiz (and any student attempts at the quiz) are restored in the Quizzes tool.  
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